Baron Pavel Andreevich Nikolai ( German: Paul Freiherr von Nicolay ; 1777-1866) - Russian diplomat, active Privy Councilor, Ambassador to Denmark in 1816-1847, owner of the Monrepos estate.
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| Date of Birth | June 17, 1777 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | April 16 (28), 1866 (88 years old) |
| A place of death | Monrepos , Vyborg |
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| Father | Nikolai, Andrei Lvovich von |
| Mother | Johanna Margarita, nee Poggenpol |
| Spouse | Alexandra-Simplicius de Broglie (1787-1824) |
| Children | Alexander , Leonty |
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Biography
The only son of the Privy Councilor of Baron Andrei Lvovich Nikolai (1737-1820) and his wife, Johanna Margarita, nee Poggenpol. Eight years old was sent to receive education in Eiten to the famous philologist and poet Johann-Heinrich Foss .
At the end of the course at the University of Erlangen, he returned to Russia and joined the College of Foreign Affairs. In 1796 he was assigned to the office of the Vice-Chancellor Prince Kurakin ; On January 6, 1800 he was assigned to the Russian mission in London, and on November 8 he was relocated by a supernumerary mission official in Copenhagen.
On May 31, 1801, Paul Nikolai was appointed Secretary of the London Mission; in 1802 and 1805-1806 he served as charge d'affaires. August 18, 1804 - appointed Counselor at the Embassy in London. In 1808, he again served in the College of Foreign Affairs; On February 24, 1810, he was appointed plenipotentiary commissioner for the demarcation of land between Russia and Sweden under the Friedrichsham Treaty . On July 2, 1811, he was determined to be Stockholm's adviser to the embassy with the assignment of the duties of a charge d'affaires. On December 19 of the same year he was granted a junk chamber .
On August 30, 1812, he was transferred to the Embassy as an adviser to London, and he was entrusted with especially responsible and difficult at that time management of the embassy with the rank of charge d'affaires. June 15, 1814 promoted to full state councilors .
On May 13, 1816, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Copenhagen. In this position he remained for more than 30 years, until April 30, 1847, actively caring for maintaining good relations between Russia and Denmark. In 1818 he accompanied the Grand Dukes Nikolai and Mikhail Pavlovich on their journey through Europe and for the successful execution of this order was awarded the Order of St. Anna of the 1st degree.
July 22, 1825 promoted to Privy Councilor . In 1828 he was elevated to the Baronial Grand Duchy of Finland dignity . On December 5, 1843, he was promoted to full secret adviser , and on April 30, 1847, he was dismissed from service, and since then has lived almost without a break in Finland, in his family estate Monrepo , near Vyborg, where in 1863 he received Emperor Alexander II traveling to Helsingfors to open the Sejm. He died in the 90th year of his life and was buried in Monrepos.
Family
He was married to Princess Alexandre-Simplicia de Broglie (01/06/1778-16.03.1824), granddaughter of Field Marshal Victor de Broglie ; daughter of Prince Augustus Victor de Broglie from marriage to Louise de la Bruss de Vertailage. At the beginning of the French Revolution, her family left France. In 1798, the Duke de Broglie, who received in his castle the Count and Countess of the North ( Paul I and his wife) during their trip to Europe , turned to Paul I with a request to grant him and his family a shelter in Russia. Their request was accepted. Princess Alexandra studied at the Smolny Institute, and in 1811 she married Baron Nikolai. Buried in the family tomb in Monrepos. In marriage, she had eight children, two of whom died in childhood:
- Maria (1812-1879), maid of honor, married to General P.K. Baranov.
- Octavia (1813-1873), maid of honor, married to General A. N. Sutgof .
- Alexandra (1814-1887), maid of honor, married to the French general Goden de Ville.
- Nicholas (1818-1869), diplomat.
- Leonty (1820-1891), lieutenant general.
- Alexander (1821-1899), Actual Privy Councilor, Minister of Education.
Literature
- Russian portraits of the XVIII — XIX centuries . Ed. Led. Prince Nikolai Mikhailovich. SPb. 1906.V. 4 issue 4. No. 146.